Improvement in buttons



C. L. HORACK, CF WILLIMANTIC, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent Np. 96,808, dated November I6, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTOS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

and Button-Fastening; and I do hereby declare that` the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to I nake and use the saine, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of this speci- A cation.

rlhis invention relates to anew and useful improvement in a device forfastening studs and buttons to shirt-bosozns and wristbands, and for allsimilar, uses, whereby studs and buttonsrare well secured, and lossthereof prevented; and

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement hereinafterdescribed.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure l represents across-section throughthe line x-x of iig. 2.

Figure 2 is a view of the under or reverse side of the stud or button.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the button or plate, which maybe in any form, and of any desiredsize, and made of any suitable material.

Qn the under side of the button, eccentrically, (or one side of thecentre,) I attach a post, B; and to the outer end of the post Bisrigidly attached an arm, C, reaching over the centre of the button, tonear its rim or edge, as seen in the drawing.

D is a tube around the post-B, confined between the i Aunder side of thebutton and the arm C, so that the same isfree to revolve around thepost.

To each end of this tube, on opposite sides, an arm is attached.

E is the arm .on the outer 'end of the tube, and F is the arm on theinner end, which latter arm is in contact with the under side of thebutton, and traverses over its surface as the tube is revolved on thepost.

As seen in iig. 1, the button or stud is represented as fastened in thegarment. The dot-ted lines, iig. 1, represent the cloth to which it isfastened.

On the under side of the button, there is a small projection; and in theinner side of the arm F, there is a cavity, both of which are seen at G.

The arm F is allowed to spring outward a little, so that the projectionon the button wili enter the cavity in the arm, hy which means the armsE and F are held stationary, and the fastening is made complete.

-It-will be seen, that when thus fastened to the cloth or garment, thestationary arm C and the revolving'or movable arm E extend from the-post in opposite directions,so that, until the arm F is raised from theprojection at G, theffastening issecure.

Before the stud or button is put in use, the position ofthe arms E and Fis reversed. E is covered by C, as indicated in dotted lines in iig. 1.In this position, they are readily passed through the button-holes, whenEand F are turned, as seen, and' fastened, as before stated.

The advantagesof this arrangement are, durability of the parts, and thesecurityand safety of the button afforded thereby.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In combinationwith the stud or button' A., the post B, tube Dfand arms C, E, and F,constructed, arranged, and'operating substantially as and for thepurposes described.

C. L. HORAGK.

"Witnesses:

C.v N. Woon, GEORGE B. HAMLIN.

